1931

Fred Slaughter is wearing a unique vest these days, designed by Ruth, and created by her in petit point. It is a chronicle of Fred's life and includes college and school insignia, military patches and ribbons, and other emblems of Fred's activities in their community. Ruth writes: "Our big news is that as of April 1, Fred's 60th, we're going into retirement. This means time for some of the active things we both enjoy while we can truly enjoy them. We're heading for Naples, Fla., to visit old friends, and after that we'll see where we go. I hope it will be lots of places although this summer we expect to golf right here —in leisure." I hope Fred will wear that vest at our oncoming reunion in '71.

A reminder from John Benson that the fall football reunion is once more scheduled for Penn weekend, October 10, 11, and 12. Twenty-five rooms have been reserved at the Lake Morey Inn in Fairlee for Friday and Saturday nights. There will be the annual pre-game warm-up at Parker Soule's house on Saturday at 10:30. There will be a tent in case of rain and busses from Parker's house to the stadium and return. This is really a great affair and it seems to be growing every year.

Retirement news is on the increase. JoeChoate, the boat show magnate, is completing his 20 years of service in June and will then be at leisure.

Parker Soule, who does not like me to use his name too often in this column, writes: "I have it on good authority that the Stecks, Bill and Betty, are leaving for Europe on May 3 for three weeks. BunceClarkson dropped in briefly the other day prior to the arrival of his son Roger with the Holderness School Choir for a songfest with a group of other schools."

This note from John Cogsell: "Lucy and I got back from a wonderful vacation on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean. It was our first visit to that part of the world, and, believe me, it won't be the last." I know what you mean, John, for Trudy and I visited seven islands during March, on the cruise ship "Victoria." Whom did we meet on board but Jack and Margaret Leuthner! When we got back I telephoned ErnieMoore who had been on that ship last year; Ernie told me he had cancelled at the last minute, that very cruise we were on. It's a small world, no?

Ernie had written me previously about the Boston Dartmouth Club annual powwow which I was unable to attend. Present were Dave Borkum, Pete Peterson, Johnny Boermeester, Cliff Mac Donald, Bill Walker, Ori Hobbs, Cubby Miller, Jim Frame, Ken Sampson, Parker Soule, and Ernie, who says that the program "alluded to the disasters facing colleges today but did not go into any depth, fortunately or unfortunately."

Here's a note from Bob Baumrucker which I quote in its entirety, taking nothing out of context: "There was a Big Time at the North American Figure Skating Championships this weekend when we met with Spence Cram, president of the U. S. Figure Skating Association, and Don Cruikshank, official-referee of the Canadian association. Phyl Ward, wife of Carl Ward '32 with whom I've done most of my skiing in the past 20 years, has been very active in arrangements with the local sponsoring club. Spence and his wife are on to Hawaii before returning to the World Championships in Colorado Springs, but Don went back to work first and thus couldn't enjoy our 25-40 feet of snow with us. Later, visiting with many of the contestants - especially Janet Lynn - I realized how truly sick Jamie Newton and his friends would appear in such a wholesome atmosphere as this."

Snow, snow, everywhere. Shep Wolff writes: "we just plain have a hell of a lot!" Rosy Rosengren wrote Shep enclosing a few figures of snow depth in Colorado ski resorts anywhere from 26 to 102 inches, which is exactly what I had in my front yard on February 28 when we left for the Caribbean.

Chuck O'Neill's son Denis has been elected captain of the 1969-1970 Dartmouth hockey team. He is a potential nine-letter winner in soccer, lacrosse, and hockey, despite the fact that he has had persistent knee trouble.

Howie Mason, superintendent of schools in Portland, Conn, (near Middletown), has just been appointed as one of the 13 directors of the newly created National Academy of School Executives. He is also president of the Connecticut Association of School Superintendents. What about long hair, Howie?

The First National Bank of Chicago has named Gay Freeman as Number One - chairman and chief executive officer.

From Red Chamberlin comes the following: "My oldest son was an ABC tutor last summer. Can't send the next two to Dartmouth because I can't afford it. ... I read the financial report and am tired of being told we pay only 50% of tuition." Red goes on to say that as a director of Acacia Mutual Insurance Company, he voted for Lloyd Wilson, president of H. L. Rust Company, as an incoming director of the Acacia.

Ken Anderson writes: "Busy in Third Century Fund and Alumni Fund. Any money left? Hope I can collect a nickel or two. Have a busy travel schedule this year. Wish I had studied accounting harder at Tuck. ITT demands knowledge from company officers which I don't remember. Besides, they've changed the laws of economics in 35 years!"

No early retirement is planned by ArtBirkett who is a thirty-year man with the Social Security Administration, and enjoying his work as district manager. Daughter Martha was married a year ago to Lt. Jeffrey Steven White, Colgate '67, who is stationed at Fuchu AFB outside Tokyo. She has joined him there for an extended stay. She is Connecticut College '67.

There is a lot of meat in many of the communications received by your secretary. I frankly don't know what to do with some of the material - it being so lengthy, I have tried in some cases to quote and condense, but this technique was rather disas- trous in the case of Bob Baumrucker's letter a couple of months ago. I sincerely feel that opinions of our classmates should be aired for the benefit of all, but I'm not allowed the space in this column to do so. Possibly Johnny Boermeester will use it - we'll see him in May. I am hearing increasing complaints about "liberalism" at Dartmouth, some written and some verbal. There is no point in being a Pollyanna about the serious thinking of our classmates just for the sake of maintaining amicable relations with the College. Right now I have enough personal news material on hand to fill a couple more columns, thanks to Shep Wolff's work, but I don't have the space available to print it.

George Matthew ("Smokey Joe") Adams'31 and his wife Reiko send greetingsfrom Tokyo where he teaches English.

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